A possum under the house is a gift?!?

Our thinking is ALWAYS creative, whether we want the result of what we’re thinking about or not.

A possum helped me to remember this today.

I’ve had a problem with little teeny tiny ants in my kitchen, and spent a lot of vigilant effort to get them to leave. Traps, poison, and keeping even the fresh fruit basket in the fridge.

Then came the mice. I tried every type of trap, but did not feel good about killing them. Just wanted them to go away. But again, I spent a lot of mental energy and thought RESISTING their presence. I kept the dog food bowl covered except when she was dining, used scrupulous efforts to keep even the most miniscule crumb cleaned up and still: evidence of mice in the morning. I finally found a no-kill trap that I felt good about, and would take the offending mice to a field nearby to release.

Still, resistance, resistance, resistance to having uninvited critters in my house. And more mice.

Recently it snowed here in Charlotte, an unusual occurrence, and for three nights I had a hungry cat howling under my house, keeping me awake at night.

More resistance.

More preventive measures, blocking entrances and access, and still hearing the cat. But the cat didn’t get rid of the mice!

Today, a possum crawled out from under the house in the early morning, all pale and fat and ugly, shook himself and looked directly at me, then ambled slowly away.

By now it must be getting pretty crowded under there, I thought.

I was purely outraged for an instant, and then laughed so hard when I finally got the message!

All of my resistance to these critters was just bringing me MORE.

So, before I have an elephant living under my house, I’ve decided to let go of the resistance and see what happens.

I’m trying out some less-resistant thoughts, such as:

“I like to have a warm dry place to live and readily available food, and I guess the animals do too.”

“They aren’t hurting me or my dog.”

“I don’t have to LIKE having them here, but if I DISLIKE it so vehemently, I am only attracting more by my vibration and attention to them.”

“When I think about all of my routines and preventive measures, I really have to laugh. Some of the things I’ve tried are really very comical.”

“Their presence here has helped me see a great truth: WHAT I RESIST PERSISTS!”

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